Nicholson Library Events

Fall 2008 Events

October

• Thor Hanson, author of "The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda"
  Award-winning writer, naturalist, and Peace Corps volunteer reads from his works
  October 1, 2008 - 7:30, Austin Reading Room

• Rick Pullen ('67), Dean, College of Communication, Cal State Fullerton
  Distinguished Alumnus Aware
  October 10, 2008 - 4:30, Austin Reading Room
• Al Young
  "Is Nerve Enough? Creativity, the Arts, and Human Survival"
  Talk and examples of instances where the arts have helped humanity to survive.
  October 10, 2008 - 4:30, Austin Reading Room

November

• Lee Montgomery, Editorial Director, Tin House Books in Portland
  Talks about her award-winning works The Things Between Us and Whose World is This?
  November 5, 2008 - 7:30, Austin Reading Room

• Jerry Naylor, former lead singer of the Crickets
  "A Tribute to Rockabilly Legends: The 50th Anniversary of Buddy Holly and the Crickets".
  November 20, 2008 - 7:30, Ice Auditorium

December

• David Wakeham, Music Department
  Talking Program for Music Majors
  December 2, 2008 - 7:30, Austin Reading Room

January 2009

• William Stafford Night - Hosted by Lex Runciman
  Local poets read their own and/or Stafford's poems.
  Tuesday, January13, 2009 - 7:30, Austin Reading Room

Spring 2009 Events

April

• Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide - the 2009 MacReads selection
  The author talks this 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award winner
  The book has been published in more than 20 other countries and translated into 8 languages. Lynch resides in the Puget Sound area where this book is centered.
  Thursday, April 30th at Nicholson library (7:30pm)